The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-03-28


placed by the storm trysail 1t was now that |
the immense square sail did good service, for |
when spread to counterbasance the deficiency OF |
canvas astern, il carried the yacht along much |
faster, lightened her much by the head and pre-
vented her taking such quantities of water on |
deck when under mainsail, the /
boom used to spread it's foot to wndward. |
1t was however, found to be impraeticabe in |
heavy beam sea, owing TO it's jamming the sad |
die at the foremost, and 1t was unshpped To-
wards sunset the water became smoother and all |
the sails were again set. calm followed. and |
at midnight there not sufficient air astir to |
hutter the pennant The distance travelled from |
noon Monday to noon Tuesday was 244.3 miles, |
nearly due east, bringing the yacht to latitude
4O:O413 n, longitude 63:23 w.
Early on Tuesday morning wind rose from |
the northeast and by daylight 1t blew gales The |
canvas was reduced to double-reefed mansails, |
| foresail with the bonnet ont and reefed fore |
staysail. the boat bowling along at the |
rate of twelve knots, with dry deck. when be- |
| teen and o'clock in the morning, the wind
shifted TO south southeast, blowing at the rate
of sixty miles an hour The sudden change
caused al ugly cross sea, the crests OF the waves
breaking over the rails In rapid succession ana
| keeping the decks almost constantly submerged
| Towards midnight the wind aud sea subsidized
| considerably and by Wednesday morning tine
| wind got round to the southwest. The weather
was almost an exact repetition OF Tuesdays
| Early in the evening there Was another brief
| calm. with SWELL and when the breeze next APP
| peared it came from the west, moderate enough
|
| The distance traversed. on an east by north
| course, on Tuesday was 1875 miles and on
| Wednesday 2l6.6 miles. The yachts position,
| as established by Tuesdays observations was
| follows: Latitude 40:51, longitude SO: 2S: 45;
| Wednesdays latitude 4l25, longitude 54:4a.
The most terrific storm of the series occurred
on st. Patrick's day, March II. 1t was not I'M
| expected for the indicator the barometer,
| whose tendency had been downward for three
| DAYS. suddenly dropped from % 20 to %. "a The
storm first developed soon after midnight, in
| sharp squalls from the southwest, with
driving rain The wind was ftful for a time.
coming variously from south-southeast to
southwest anu south, but finally settled upon
| southwest. At 10 A. NJ. it began blowing with
great velocity, by noon had become hurricane.
| and two hours later the winds speed was esti-
| mated at eighty miles an hour. 1t was grand
| battle or the elements. such as is seldom wit
messed. The waves were almost mountain high.
The surface dashed into snow-white foam.
| and as the head of one rose higher than another
| the wind carried it off in dense spray, which,
| when driven into ones face. felt like stabs from
| scores of fine pointed needles. The roaring of
the wind was like prolonged peal OF thunder,
and the resemblance was completed by an occa-
sional vivid fash of lightning This was a severe
| test for small boat the Cor
onet- AS she sank in the trough
OF the sea it seemed as if the
waves, which were half-mast high, would en-
gulf her. Under reefed foretry-sail she was
plunged along by the wind at the rate of nine
knots and despite great volumes of water break
Ing over the deck, weathereQ the storm WONDER
fully well. When, at 500 p. NJ, the fury of the
hurricane seemed to he increasing instead of
diminishing, Captain Crosby. fearful that the
yacht would not hold together much longer ii
driven through such a sea, and not being willing
to jeopardize his own life and the lives of those
on board by running at night where 1t was
reasonable to suppose there were icebergs, de-
cded to lay to until the storm had ceased. A
favorable opportunity Offering. when the crests
of the momentarily exceptionally
| far apart. the vessels head was brought around
towards the wind. Held in this position. under
only reeied foretry sail, she could make little
and had moderated considerably and the
schooner was again got under way. run.
, ming before the wind under reefed
foretrysaii and forestaysail. The yachts
4l:27 longitude 50:03 having travelled 2ll2
miles since the previous noon. The weather on
, Friday and Saturday. the 18th and 10Th. began
, with light breezes. and in the afternoon there
were gales. though moderate compared with
, | Thursdays big blow. The days rum as COM
puted Friday noon, was l35 miles. and the posi-
ton was latitude Also, longitude 30o. Saturday
noon the days run 225 miles, and the po-
sition was latitude 4347 longitude 4235:15.
The theory that storms swing around In cir
Gle was thoroughly proved by the Coronets ex-
! perience the second Sunday, when she ran
through revolving gale which was nearly as
. terrific as that of tho 17th. The wind first is
! sued from the southeast about A. NJ. and blew
at rate of seventy miles an hour until z, when
it moderated. AT 7:30 hardly a breath was stir
ring. Half an hour later there was light
4 breeze from the northwest. and at O'Clock there
I came hurricane from that direction. The
| cross created by the contrary winds bufeted
. ! the yacht like chin in a mill race and only the
most skillful manipulation OF the wheel pre-
q vented the huge waves from landing on the
o deck and crushing it ill., She carried only the
fore try sail and ib stay sail, reefed. and made
, | considerable progress through it all The posi-
. ton at noon was latitude 1925 and longitude
a 390453; the distance traversed, 179. miles.
i Monday March 81. began with propitious
= | breeze from the northwest, but it was as incon
; slant as had been all winds hitherto during the
y | trip. Soon after noon it vecred around, bring
q ing diurnal gale from the northeast AS the
A | yacht had already been driven further south
n than the navigator had intended, aud as beating
il to windward was impossible in such stronf
~ w:nd and heavy sea- 1t was decided to keep bel
"a head up to the wind and wait for more favota
: BILE breezes. The head wind continued blowing
u necessarily until Wednesday noon, when i,
. gradually rounded to the north. During tina
% forty eight hours the yacht was almost at
"a staudstill. averaging under two knots. The dis
"A lance covered from Sunday noon to Monday
h. noon was 202 miles; to Tuesday noon, 386 miles
At and to Wednesday noon. SOB miles. Her posi-
at ton on Monday was latitude 46:16, longi
70 tude 34:24:3O; Tuesday noon, latitude 46:38
n longitude 33:4942. and Wednesday noon, lati
4; | tude 47:06l5, longitude 32:47:30.
a. Late Thursday afternoon good sailing breez
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I'd or less regularity throughout Friday Saturda,
,c and Sunday gave an opportunity for rapid prog
n. ress. During that period the Coronet logse,
"a as high as fourteen knots. At noon Tkursda,
N she had sailed 2l8 miles 10 weaty-four hours
es and was in latitude 1904 and longitude 2Sl2:06
IN | Friday. 225 5 miles. latitude 1913, lonei.ud
~ 2232 Saturday, POI miles. latitude 50:51 long
" itude 15:06:15
~ Mzenhead, on the southwest coast Of Ireland
st was sighted at 627 in the morning and ct IA
. Fastnet light bore north northwest nine mile
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